Radiance: BELLONA

An era of enlightenment and rediscovery began in the core worlds after the defeat of Terranen, the creation of the Assembly and Armistice, and the establishment of the Intedicted Technology Accords. But in the Periphery beyond the core worlds, humanity still languishes in the dark age of the previous civilisation's Collapse. ( Read more... )

   This is my GenCon Australia experience. It's a long, rambling entry, so ( I'll put most of it behind a cut. )

   Radiance games use a dedicated game mechanic based on six-sided and eight-sided dice. Almost all actions and situations in a Radiance scenario are resolved using the same basic rules, described ( under the cut )

   The past of the Radiance setting is deep and nebulous. The first age of humanity's exploration of the galaxy was a time of gradual progress across vast gulfs; the warpgates that allow convenient travel between stars would come much later. The generations that have passed since humanity was confined to a single world are so many that history has ( Read more... )

   Radiance is a far-future science fiction setting that I used for a linked tabletop scenario and freeform at Sydcon last year, and will revisit in RADIANCE: RELICS at Eye-Con over Easter.

For the most part, Radiance is Plausibly Hard SF, with futuristic science and technology that includes "things that may or may not be possible, but can ( Read more... )